Australia – Webuild wins Melbourne’s North East Link contract

Webuild, in a consortium with Korean GS Engineering and Construction, Spanish CPB Contractors, China Construction Oceania (CCO) and a number of Australian partners, has been awarded the contract for Melbourne’s so-called North East Link, the missing link that completes the ring road around the city and the largest public contract ever awarded by the State of Victoria, worth AUD 15.8 billion (over EUR 10 billion). The project, which is due to take off in 2022, will have a huge impact on the future of a growing but congested city that is expected to double its population, from the current 5 million to 10 million, within the next 20 years. The North East Link project is part of an ambitious infrastructure plan worth more than AUD 110 billion over the next two decades, creating more than 10,000 jobs.